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with hony(they had no other fugar then, for their Marmalades) 
to a confiftence. Tu;$c duos fiirtes fucci ifjifts ^ umm mellii mif- 
cehis^C^ mijla curahis adphguedmem me His excoquere^PdiSeft. 
tit^ 1 6. And be (hews, how theMuIbery njay be grafFed on 
the Fig;and how propagated beft rather by the offset or trun- 
cheon, than by the Tpade; Mori nAfcuntur^ ex femme^ fk dr 
fomA virgulu degenerant^ Serer^da ejl tuleU vel eacumi- 
nihus^ meiitu autem taUu fefquipedalihrn, ac fimo ohlitis ; Feb. 
7iK 25. Conftantine confirms the fame , /. i o.f*69. & 70. Fal- 
Udm fin the laft recited pface^ftows how the Mulbery may be 
graffed on the Fig , or the faireft Mulberies on the Vulgar , only 
by graffing within the x'mAilnferitur infico^^^in fe tantum fub cor* 
ike. He wasan illuftrious perfon,andhad large Mannors or 
Territories in \tdj^ N^ples^ and Sardhia ; and he emits no- 
thing of worth ; yet neither he , nor any one of the ancient 
Greeks and Latins, hath fo much as a hint of rhc Silken trade, 
TheMuIbery requireth a rich , fucculent and rank ground, 
which is not wanting in the approaches of any of our Cities 
and Towns, And Mr. £w/y» hath written as well as can be 
written , both to inftruft, and to encourage the planting of 
Mulberies, 5y/*s/4r^r. 9. 2^ Edit. And this is a feafonable and 
fufficient hint for Gardners and Nurfery-men, particularly for 
thofe that have good and ftrong Cider. 
The white Mulberies (as we call them) are for the fineft filk; 
but for our prefent intentions, 7<» mngle with Cider ^ and pr 
cur Jmkets^ (as Pallsdius hath hinted to us) we Chould fend 
for the moft delicious Mulberies, which may be had ixk NapleSj 
Sicily, firgi»ia,oT any of the Eafi ot WeJ^hdies : Not trufling 
to the Seed, for the cautions we have from Confimme 1. 1 o. €. 
69.and from Pal/adius,Febr.tii^2^. Morus but by all means, 
%o have young Plants of the beft forts, fent in boxes, contain- 
ing fome of the connatural foyL Thus, if the Gardens about 
Loffdon were wd\ furnifli't,they might eafily be di(perfed into 
other parts, without more ado : For, few plants may be more 
eafily propagated , when they are young. A few rooted Mul- 
beries, being preOi'd down, and covered with earth in fit pla- 
ces,fo that the eyes may be very lightly cover'd,and the fprouts 
or branchesCif there be any)may be cut very near to the ground j 
or a good branch, after due depth of the bigger end in the rich 
aiold^thus otder*d as before jwill foon become a perpetualNur* 
ferj^. 
